
Fun Facts
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard
- A broken clock is always right twice a day
- The earliest surviving woodblock printed fragments are from China and are of silk printed with flowers in three colours from the Han dynasty (before 220 AD)
- The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters
- 'Underground' is the only word in the English language that begins & ends with the letters 'und'
- The sentence 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter in the English language
- The term cc, used today on emails, to identify a courtesy copy, originated in the heyday of typewriters and carbon paper. cc stood for 'carbon copy' & indicated that a carbon copy of the original typed document was supplied to additional recipients
- The first computer banner advertising was used in 1994
- Sketchpad was a revolutionary computer program written in 1963. It helped change the way people interact with computers. Sketchpad is considered to be the ancestor of modern computer-aided drafting (CAD) programs as well as a major breakthrough in the development of computer graphics in general
- iTunes' 10 Billion download marker was met on Feb. 24, 2010 at 9:43PM GMT. Apple revealed that Black Eyed Peas: 'I Gotta Feeling' was the No.1 most downloaded iTunes Song of All Time
- The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley’s gum
- It only costs 4.1 cents to make a $1 bill
- Antarctica is the only continent that does not have McDonald's
- According to the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most recognized song in the English language
- British Columbia is the third-largest film and television production centre in North America - after New York and Los Angeles
- Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey
- There are 3 countries in the world that start with the letter "J" - Jamaica, Japan and Jordan
- The Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and crossroads was called Trivia
- If you lined up all of SkyTrain's passengers since 1986, queue would stretch to Moon & halfway back